Ottawa Citizen

Canadian crossword

- Adrian powell

ACROSS

1 Infomercia­ls, basically 4 Overpaymen­t result 10 Interlock, like gears 14 Traditiona­l Japanese drama 15 Back of the eye 16 Hitchcock’s wife, ___ Reville 17 3-piece suit accessory 18 Baker’s miscalcula­tion (explained by a story without a grain of truth)? 20 Under Cupid’s spell 22 Fuel co. phonetical­ly named after its parent 23 Bit of feedbag grain 24 How lots of students pay for university 26 Violet prefix 28 Get tangled in the strings, perhaps (while you get the wood burning)? 33 Stockpile 34 ___ vera 35 Decades and decades 39 Egypt’s Aswan, for one 40 Skilled 41 Had a “Snickers” 42 Hook’s toady 44 “G.I. Jane” star Moore 45 Tomato impact sound 47 Aquifers that water the roses (on hearing the nuptial chimes, say)? 50 Lethal black snake 53 Erse speakers 54 Akihito’s prime minister 55 Short length of track 59 Rubenesque 62 What a quake does to a radio mast (whilst you wash the grime off)? 65 Pitchblend­e, for one 66 One person efforts 67 Sushi bar condiment 68 Nada 69 Once, in the past 70 “Casino ”star Stone 71 Educated guess, briefly

DOWN

1 Not supportive of 2 Knock off 3 Sleight-of hand scam 4 Artistes’ neckwear 5 Let up 6 Landing hr., briefly 7 Chop into cubes 8 Writing fluids 9 D.H. Lawrence’s New Mexico retreat 10 Road-rally aid 11 “Middlemarc­h” author George 12 Lipstick problem 13 “___ la vista, baby!” 19 Bobby Orr’s number 21 Sounds of wonderment 25 Like the area under the trees 27 Attractive area for herbivores 28 They’re all the rage 29 Mosque official 30 Fragrant oleoresin 31 Bounding along 32 So far 36 Cholecyste­ctomy cause, perhaps 37 Abbr. for“and many other contributo­rs” 38 Gets hard 40 Augment 43 Retreat, tidally 45 Give an oath of office to 46 Dirty money 48 Relaxation 49 Site of many an outdoor wedding 50 Curving billiards shot 51 Hate with a passion 52 Restaurant offerings 56 Fido’s feet 57 Bryce Canyon’s state 58 Secretly: sub ___ 60 Greek goddess of the rainbow 61 Hanukkah cash 63 Wild West’s Carson 64 Armed internatio­nal conflict

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